РЕЗОЛЮЦИЯ НА ПРОЕКТЕ ПОЛОЖЕНИЯ О СОВЕТЕ ТРУДА И ОБОРОНЫ
Date: 1920-12-11
Source: ru:PSS
Translated by: AI (Claude)

(3) direct the work of the economic People's Commissariats in accordance with this plan and establish, in case of necessity, exemptions from it;

4 (new);
+ Not to create its own apparatus.


RESOLUTION ON THE DRAFT REGULATION ON THE COUNCIL OF LABOR AND DEFENSE

December 11, 1920

To the All-Russian Central Executive Committee

Approved in the Council of People's Commissars on December 11, 1920*.

Chairman of the Sovnarkom
V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

DRAFT**

At the moment of increasing tension of the struggle of the Soviet Republic with world imperialism, VTsIK formed on November 30, 1918 the Council of Workers' and Peasants' Defense.

Fulfilling the task assigned to it, the Council of Defense unified the work of the military and other departments in mobilizing the forces and resources of the country in the interests of defense.

The military situation in April 1920 allowed the Soviet Republic to begin economic construction, and before the Council of Defense was set the task of the closest unification of work on the labor front and, accordingly, the Council of Defense was transformed into the Council of Labor and Defense. At present the tasks of economic construction stand before the Soviet Republic in full scope, and at the same time there emerges the need for more precise formalization and consolidation of the organizational experience achieved by the Council of Labor and Defense and the establishment of relationships of the Council of Labor and Defense with the central organs of Soviet power, therefore VTsIK resolves, in amendment and supplement to the resolution of November 30, 1918 (Collection of Laws No. 91), to approve the following regulation on the Council of Labor and Defense.

1. The Council of Labor and Defense acts with the rights of a commission of the Council of People's Commissars.

2. The Council of Labor and Defense includes: with the rights of its chairman — the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars, and with the rights of its members the People's Commissars: for Military Affairs, of the Supreme Council of National Economy, Labor, Transport, Agriculture, Food and Workers' and Peasants' Inspection and one representative of the All-Russian Central Council of Trade Unions. With consultative voice participates the head of the Central Statistical Administration.

Note: Deputies are appointed by the Council of People's Commissars.

3. The Council of Labor and Defense has management of the affairs of the RSFSR in that part which concerns the defense of the Republic and the unification of the work of the economic People's Commissariats.

4. In carrying out the task assigned to it, the Council of Labor and Defense issues resolutions, orders, instructions and takes all measures necessary for its correct and rapid fulfillment, in particular, establishes a unified economic plan of the RSFSR, presents it for approval to VTsIK, directs the work of the economic People's Commissariats in accordance with this plan, monitors its implementation and establishes in case of necessity exemptions from this plan.

5. For all departments and institutions, central and local, for all citizens, the resolutions of the Council of Labor and Defense are unconditionally binding.

6. The All-Russian Central Executive Committee of Soviets and the Council of People's Commissars have the right to repeal or suspend any resolution or decision of the Council of Labor and Defense both on the protest of individual People's Commissars and at their discretion.

* The resolution of the Sovnarkom states: "Approve the draft, adding to the composition of the Council of Defense the People's Commissar of Labor. Transfer it to the Presidium of VTsIK for submission to the Congress of Soviets" (protocol No. 404, p. 1^).

The draft regulation on the Council of Labor and Defense, submitted on behalf of VTsIK and the Sovnarkom for consideration by the VIII Congress of Soviets, was approved by the congress on December 29, 1920 ("Collection of Laws and Orders of the Workers' and Peasants' Government" No. 1, January 3, 1921).

** The draft regulation on the Council of Labor and Defense is published from the original corrected by V. I. Lenin.


ON THE PLAN FOR ELECTRIFICATION OF RUSSIA
NOTES ON A LETTER FROM ENGINEER KOZMIN

December 2, 1920

Dear Comrade Vladimir Ilyich,

I have familiarized myself with the minimum program of the "epoch of great works" on electrification and consider myself obliged to send you this note...

In GOELRO not all our greatest forces of scientific technology were used. One of the most serious mistakes is that the question of lighting the countryside from a windmill was not even posed. And meanwhile real possibilities for resolving this question exist (technical

[Lenin's note: Request from Kozmin details on α and β. Lenin]
[Lenin's note: Is this so? Verify.]

and economic).

The greatest specialist in electrical engineering Prof. Artemiev (Nikolai Andreevich) — a great practitioner and theorist, perhaps the only one in Russia — did not participate in the works of GOELRO. Germany (Europe in general) and America know him. In technology he is a revolutionary, and I know him as a colleague from the Kiev Polytechnic Institute. Recently we have been brainstorming with him the question of accumulation of solar heat. Science does not consider this madness...

He invented a thermos, with the help of which it is possible to reduce fuel consumption for cooking by half, β having discovered a new principle of cooking... Summon him and talk with him. He has colossal energy for work... Now he is in Petrovsky-Razumovsky at the Agricultural Academy as professor of electrical engineering — a small matter for him...

[Lenin's note: Incorrect. He is connected with Krzizhanovsky.]


NOTES ON THE BOOK "PLAN FOR ELECTRIFICATION OF RUSSIA"*

December 1920

The probable average annual export abroad during the decade can be estimated

* See "Plan for Electrification of the RSFSR, introduction to the report to the VIII Congress of Soviets of the State Commission on Electrification of Russia". Gostekhizdat, 1920.